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What does gloss mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gloss? Here's what it means.

Noun
Verb
  1. (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception
  3. (intransitive) To become shiny.
Noun
  1. (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex, or uncommon expression, inserted after the original, in the margin of a document, or between lines of a text.
  2. (countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
  3. (countable, obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.
  4. (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
  5. (countable) A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent of indicating the meaning of the word to which it is applied
  6. (countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law
Verb
  1. (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).
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